These Talent Quotes will inspire you to show up for yourself and put in the work needed to reach your full potential.
What is Talent?
Talent comes naturally while skill is something you develop through learning. Talent definition: a natural aptitude, an inner quality that emerges effortlessly. Skill definition: an acquired ability, learned with effort.
Talent is demonstrated in a variety of ways; writing, musical abilities, and artistry.
Talent is helpful, but it is not the only indicator of how good you can be at something, or how much success you can have
20 Inspirational Talent Quotes
“Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.” ― Arthur Schopenhauer
“Talent is a gift, but character is a choice.”
― John C. Maxwell
“Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard.”
― Kevin Durant
“Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it.”
― Pope John Paul II
“Everyone has talent. What’s rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads.” ― Erica Jong
“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.” ― Arthur Conan Doyle
“When you have wit of your own, it’s a pleasure to credit other people for theirs.”
― Criss Jami
“The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.”
― Émile Zola
“If you’re young and talented, it’s like you have wings.”
― Haruki Murakami
“…because talent isn’t genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing.”
― Louisa May Alcott
“Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.”
― Irving Stone
“Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine.” ― Roy T. Bennett
“Hide not your talents, they for use were made,
What’s a sundial in the shade?” ― Benjamin Franklin
“Every artist was first an amateur.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, ‘I used everything you gave me.” ― Erma Bombeck
“The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it. ”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Everybody is talented because everybody who is human has something to express.”
― Brenda Ueland
“I told her once I wasn’t good at anything. She told me survival is a talent.” ― Susanna Kaysen
“Your friends will believe in your potential, your enemies will make you live up to it.”
― Tim Fargo
“Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.”
― Stephen King
Top 10 Most Famous Talent Quotes (BEST)
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius. ― Arthur Conan Doyle
Hide not your talents, they for use were made, What’s a sundial in the shade? ― Benjamin Franklin
Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see. ― Arthur Schopenhauer
Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work. ― Stephen King
The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it. ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I told her once I wasn’t good at anything. She told me survival is a talent. ― Susanna Kaysen
Everyone has talent. What’s rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads. ― Erica Jong
Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God. – Leo Buscaglia
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, ‘I used everything you gave me.’ ― Erma Bombeck
18 Uplifting Talent Quotes That Will Make You Think
If you ever find that you’re the most talented person in the room, you need to find another room. – Austin Kleon
Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy. – Robert Half
There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power. – Honore de Balzac
More men fail through lack of purpose than lack of talent. – Billy Sunday
Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it. ― Lou Holtz
True happiness involves the full use of one’s power and talents. – John W. Gardner
The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge. – Albert Einstein
Never confuse the size of your paycheck with the size of your talent. – Marlon Brando
The sign of a good society is where talent is respected. – Irrfan Khan
Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best. – Henry Van Dyke
Everybody has talent, it’s just a matter of moving around until you’ve discovered what it is. – George Lucas
Talent is a gift, but character is a choice. ― John C. Maxwell
Those who are blessed with the most talent don’t necessarily outperform everyone else. It’s the people with follow-through who excel. – Mary Kay Ash
I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. – Albert Einstein
Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life. ― Irving Stone
However you make your living is where your talent lies. – Ernest Hemingway
No one respects a talent that is concealed. – Desiderius Erasmus
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort. – Sydney Smith
14 Inspirational Talent Quotes to Empower You
Talent is like electricity. We don’t understand electricity. We use it. – Maya Angelou
Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it. ― Pope John Paul II
Genius is the gold in the mine; talent is the miner that works and brings it out. – Marguerite Blessington
Talent is a dull knife that will cut nothing unless it is wielded with great force. – Stephen King
I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine to support himself and to succeed in life. – Dean Koontz
You can have all the talent in the world, but without determination, you won’t get very far. – Malorie Blackman
What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle and giving 110 percent all the time. – Don Zimmer
Talent is given by God but you should respect it by doing good work. – Johnny Lever
Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world. – Hillary Clinton
Everybody is talented because everybody who is human has something to express. ― Brenda Ueland
You just have to find that thing that’s special about you that distinguishes you from all the others, and through true talent, hard work, and passion, anything can happen. – Dr. Dre
This is how I define talent; it is a gift that God has given us in secret, which we reveal without knowing it. – Montesquieu
There may be people who have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do – and I believe that. – Derek Jeter
8 Talent Quotes by Famous Sportspeople
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. – Michael Jordan
Talent is God-given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful. – John Wooden
Talent without working hard is nothing. – Cristiano Ronaldo
Football is football and talent is talent. But the mindset of your team makes all the difference. – Robert Griffin III
Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard. ― Kevin Durant
Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character. – John Wooden
Conclusion
There is no doubt that talent will help you in your endeavors, but it will only take you so far. You must be able to show up for yourself and put in the work.
Everyone has something that they are talented at. Sometimes those talents are unique.
We have also seen people who can train animals, mime with tape on their faces, and even a professional regurgitator.
Whatever your talent is, there is an avenue for it! Be brave and seek it out, and then be prepared to do the hard work to make it shine bright.
Which of these talent quotes and sayings related with you the most?
